27. Which country’s Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili was on an official visit to India?

Answer: Afghanistan

28. Which Indian state has recently enacted anti-superstition law?

Answer: Maharashtra

29. Who became the first woman to take over as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL?

Answer: Nishi Vasudeva

30. The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force?

Answer: Daulat Beg Oldi

31. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013?

Answer: Sebastian Vettel

32. Which Indian classical singer and music director from Odisha passed away on 25 August?

Answer: Raghunath Panigrahi

33. Which Indian won the Winston-Salem open tennis doubles title along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor?

Answer: Leander Paes

34. The Indian Navy’s submarine that sank at the navel dockyard in Mumbai after fire on board on August 14?

Answer: INS Sindhurakshak

35. Who won this year’s Children’s Peace prize, instituted by the Dutch based Kids Rights Foundation?

Answer: Malala Yousafzai

36. Which country’s army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, has been appointed as the Military Advisor for United Nations Peace Keeping operations?

Answer: Pakistan

37. …………… was observed as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition?

Answer: August 23

38. On which day was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech celebrated?

Answer: August 28

39. In which country did many people including children die in attacks using chemical warfare?

Answer: Syria

40. Who heads the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), recently set up by the Government of India?

Answer: Parthasarathy Shome

41. Facebook and Six other technology firms (Ericson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung) have launched an initiative named ……….. to make internet access affordable for people across the globe?

Answer: Internet. org

42. As a measure to contain the downward trend of Rupee, the Government of India has banned the duty-free import of …………. by air travelers?

Answer: Flat Screen Televisions

43. The scientists of which country have recently developed the most precise clock in the world?

Answer: United States

44. Who won the recently concluded Ashes Cricket test series?

Answer: England

45. Who received this year’s Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?

Answer: Brigalia Bam

46. Who took over as the President of Zimbabwe for another five year term?

Answer: Robert Mugabe

47. Who won this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?

Answer: Ronjon Sodhi

48. Who won this year’s Dronacharya Award in connection with Athletics coaching?

Answer: K.P Thomas

49. International Day of the victims of enforced disappearances was observed on ……………..?

Answer: August 30

50. Who was honoured with the inaugural Mahathir award for Global Peace?

Answer: Nelson Mandela

51. The Life Sciences Park to be set up by the Kerala Government is named …………..?